To think that chester draws isn't as bad as

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'chester freezer'

I'm not defending chester draws, but at least I can understand how it happened.

I've just seen someone talk about their 'chester freezer' on Facebook. There's no excuse.

@SquirrelFan there is such thing as girdle scones etc... www.cooksinfo.com/girdle

@Reedwarbler

Oh, and just thought of some more that are often mispronounced by people who should know better; grievous and heinous. So often an extra 'i' is put in making then grievious and heinious. My special cringe is griev-i-ous bodily harm.

Don't forget mischevious.

My SIL once gave me a gift box with printed text thst said it was "from the collon of my heart".

Took me ages to realise what it was supposed to mean!

Some of these are very funny. I do get a bit full of the rage when I see some of this stuff online. I have to stop myself from saying "it's drawers not draws!"

Yourself / myself when they mean you/me

I have seen "definitely" spelled incorrectly too many times already today

"should of" when they mean "should have"

"Sat" instead of sitting

@janj2301

No quite the same but i saw this in a charity shop

I am going to refer to my armchair as the 1 seater sofa from now on!!

Overheard in the supermarket two old ladies talking about one of their sons..............No he cant eat bread, he's gluten free ,he has celeriac disease.

I almost want to change my username to Day Jar Vue.

I saw chester draws for the first time in RL the other day, I smiled and thought of MN. It's 'rediculous' I hate and I see that all the time, including on here it has to be said

It's taking me ages too InvisibleDragon, I can't figure out what that means

I work with someone who, when he's going to phone someone, says he's going to give them a quick tingle...

I've explained that it's 'tinkle' as in bell, but he still doesn't get it...

@SquirrelFan

I am also (perhaps not coincidentally) lurking on the Old Ladies Thread. Someone posted a link to the old Be-Ro Cookbook, which has recipes for "Girdle Cakes" and "Girdle Scones" to be cooked on a hot "girdle!"

This was printed and published. Clearly mistakes like this have plagued the language for years.

Unless there really is such a thing as a Girdle Cake?

I think that is genuine I have always seen recipes for girdle cakes. Needs investigating.

@InvisibleDragon

My SIL once gave me a gift box with printed text thst said it was "from the collon of my heart".

Took me ages to realise what it was supposed to mean!

No, I don't get that one.

Colon as in something to do with bottom? Otherwise I'm baffled too.

Girdle scones are a Scottish speciality. Girdle here means griddle. It's one of those cases where different dialects have reversed some of the sounds in a word.

Phew, glad it's not just me!

My cousin says mirrow when she means mirror. The one that really annoys me is when people say can you borrow it to me instead of lend.

sashh
I know I know ! But it was 4 am this morning .. cut me some slack?

I want an escape goat 🐐 now too 😂

@mrsjoyfulprizeforraffiawork

Similarly, I hate it when people write ‘on route’ rather than ‘en route’

YES YES YES - I thought I might be the last person in the UK still spelling it en route. Glad I'm not.

Here in Guernsey correct use is enforced

I think it was collon -> colon -> bottom gives you "from the bottom of my heart" but with some dodgy internet translation

Pre-Madonna and post-Madonna...

Just thought of another one of my wife's: "Lacksy-daisy" (lackadaisical)

Someone said the other week that something had happened 'out the blew'

@Hanywany

Dh just said jessing gownd instead of dressing gown bless him!

LTB

Someone asked if a girdle is a real thong (as opposed to a griddle). Yes it is. We used it to make pancakes. It was a heavy cast iron round flat plate with a handle that went from one side to the other. It was referred to as that in my mother's baking books too. Possibly a Scottish word - I'm not sure though.

*thing, not thong

A girdle is something you cook drop scones or pikelets on.